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Surffa
Apprentice
Jul 08, 2019
Solved

Vulnerability scan triggers HP printer to print pages

Hi all. It appears that the Armor vulnerability scan always causes my HP Laser printer to print three pages, containing a client version or similar. E.g. curl and version number or so. I'm quite s...
  • Surffa's avatar
    Surffa
    Jun 18, 2020
    Now I have been running 2.5.1.16 for quite some time and so far not a single page has been printed out.

    So perhaps this update finally fixed the issue.

    Finally. Thanks.
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Rthurber
Aspirant
Feb 04, 2020
I have the RBR20 and have the printing issue as a result of the vulnerability scan as well. Need a hotfix to stop the wasting of ink and paper.
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sendit_y0da
Aspirant
Feb 05, 2020

Look at the start date of this thread and others like it. Clearly not a high priority for Netgear to fix. I didn't bother subscribing after trial and didn't see much value in the service anyway. If you're interested in this sort of thing and have the time/skills look at running openvas on docker on your network.